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Opinion: Tea Party Dissects GOP Autopsy

Americans for Prosperity president Tim Phillips on what he thinks of the RNC’s autopsy. Photos: Getty Images

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... I ... we weren't conclusive ... were we were behind in both ... data and digital ... and our primary and debate process ... needed improvement ... so there's no one ... solution ... there's a long list of them ... welcome back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel that was Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus ... earlier this month discussing the many problems with the Republican Party from this perspective ... Americans for prosperity president Tim Phillips is here ... to talk about something our Inc's recommendations let's go ahead and put the first one ... up on the screen it says and I quote ... we believe that absence of material are obvious reason otherwise the Republican party should have a solid and persistent preference ... for primary stand ... we agree disagree I think to let local states and communities shoes are met the nomination in the U ... Republicans say that there are four ... of entrepreneurial spirit drives one LNR states and localities Picton economics of the guys in Washington D C do what's best ... AMR Virginia ... Wheeler Convention about a month and a half their Republicans do that so wonderful that the depict the nominations for Virginia bottom pic local ... okay maybe that's not as controversial as the next next one ... when it comes to so let's put that up on the screen ... when it comes to social issues ... hell no ok we are pretty controversial ... levy campaign among Hispanic black Asian and Native Americans ... when I got the idea that she is the end of the release was picked to run an easy ... to read and the remainder ... on it why is this not occurred to the party before ... and it's stunning to me I mean look you take your message to every American to look you tailor the message may be directly from here ... but the core principle is to take to everyone I'm glad the party's recognizing that in ... the one thing also a ... candidate at the local and state level frankly get that way better than the federal guys do they just do what it is with governors and state legislative ... Republicans have had for better success in the last decade to think about it ... and they get that any Jew that gets the federal candidates have an issue with Santa system quietly she Taylor a conservative message to these individual groups ... say different things to Hispanics different things to blacks gays patients died when I think you emphasize different parts your masses think that's a very reasonable thing to do ... you can emphasize that people who were ... having difficulty moving at economically that that that that the path to opportunity the American dream lies with free markets and free enterprise and answer Republican message ... with other folks you can emphasize different things it doesn't mean you're changing a message ... the left does that very well the atom bomb own groups to go there ... they're core group to talk about the evils of global warming and its varied that's a very reasonable thing to do doesn't really change are preferable perceived evils of global mining am I ... on one of the top of the third recommendation on the screen ... and I quote when it comes to social issues the party must in fact indeed be inclusive and welcoming if we are not the one in our ability to attract young people in others including many women ... who agree with us on some ... but not ... all issues that women buyouts and ... they just got so touched ... in these mustache Alicia's by women what what can you fix that this is an age old issue I remember Lee Atwater for my generation littler ... he talked about the big ten Republican party during the Reagan years this is in the Reagan years mind you ... in the end of which one ... is this is an angel discussion among Republicans ... the win when they have a message that appeals to everyone and ... then the generic recommendations him I mean if I was saying a woman in New York and working woman what some Republican party has that message ... the new help me I think that the message of smaller government and what doesn't work there what does work is the sale of the one opportunity Q one opportunity better to be stronger ... to live whatever your dream is ... we offer that ... up with free enterprise we often that with with giving you a chance at to get ahead if the stock in the one who helped lead to win the Democratic Party says were for equal wages ... on where for women's health happen to the Republicans have an answer ... but I think the answer is ... the other side has had a twenty run with that or you don't have to have a healthy one is ... really gonna have ... to eat we talk about ... the fact that they're the party that has helped the single moms and other phones ... are they doing better today than there were five hundred minus one last only one way to midnight the fourth recommendation we must embrace and champion can comprehensive immigration reform if we do not ... our party's appeal will continue to shrink to its core constituency is ... only ... it cracked I applaud what marker Rubio is doing I think he's doing the right thing it takes guts to do what he's doing going out there including Ford pretty bold agenda ... it is shockingly easy of some the Democrats they don't want to deal because they want to hold that over the head of Republicans why the Republicans especially Rubio are smart to do what they're doing a lot ... to speak and if that was Lindsey Graham and John McCain here in sac UV disaster is no one ... in the sermon which was those two guys we don't miss because it's it's it's self-evident ... reveal gives it a chance to make it because of who he is his voting record people know he's a genuine concern I guess the question is whether labor unions and the White House actually ... the Oilers are lit Corporation a great point last week talking about that he can get a deal at all costs and literally choke off some of the ... bikie these are programs that we need to expand the Liverpool especially of high skilled labor labor for weeks and I hope Republicans don't do that ... I think Toby groups to call on it ... but you can have a deal the costs mentality can have a deal in any